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Research  w^ith  certain  Facts 
about  our  City,  County  and 
Schools,  and  their  Progress 
during  1916.1917 


Dayton  Bureau  of  Research 

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The  Daytonian's  Creed 


I  BELIEVE  in  Dayton,  the  Dayton  of  the  Pretent,— 
the  city  of  precision,  the  Gem  City  of  Ohio;  where 
employers  and  employes,  thru  co-operation  and  sym- 
pathetic effort,  toil  to  achieve  for  each  the  common 
hirthri0it  of  mankind  and  maintain  the  rule  of  man*s 
obligation  to  man;  whose  government  is  efficient  and 
popularly  responsive,  and  equipped  to  serve  the  com- 
munity's broad  needs,  and  whose  crowning  glory  is 
her  vision  and  her  realisation  of  social  justice  and 
common  service. 

I  BELIEVE  in  Dayton,  the  Dayton  of  the  Future,— 
a  city  of  five  hundred  thousand  souls;  a  great  center 
of  throbbing  life^  of  happy  and  contented  homes,  of 
prosperous  business  and  thriving  industry;  a  city  made 
possible  thru  the  foresight  and  common  sense  of  men 
and  women  of  the  present,  who  dared  to  dream  dreams 
and  conceive  and  execute  plans  for  a  great  city  offer- 
ing all  the  services  desired  for  the  common  good,  and 
whose  example  produced  a  new  type  of  citizenship, 
be^er  and  nobler  than  we,  made  wiser  by  the  steady 
growth  of  truth;  a  city  where  friends  are  true  friends, 
neighbors  real  neighbors,  and  each  and  every  citizen 
truly  a  community  builder. 

I  PLEDGE  to  Dayton  a  continued  striving  for  a 
more  complete  understanding  of  her  problems,  a  more 
active  participation  in  the  broader  functions  of  citizen- 
ship, a  more  generous  contribution  to  her  needs,  and 
a  more  hopeful  attitude  toward  her  possibilities,  in 
order  that  out  of  our  hopes  and  labors  now  may  grow 
a  community  truly  democratic,  prosperous,  safe, 
healthful  and  strong — an  honor  to  America  and  to  God. 


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Organisation,  and  Purpose 


The  Dayton  Bureau  of  Research  was  organised  in  October,  1912, 
by  Mr.  John  H.  Patterson,  and  privately  supported  by  him 
until  July,  1916.  It  was  then  reorganised  as  the  Dayton  Bu- 
reau of  Research,  to  permit  endorsement  and  support  by  a 
widely  representative  body  of  citizens,  with  a  Board  of  Trus- 
tees directing  its  policy. 

The  Bureau  is  organised  for  the  purpose  of: 

Acting  as  the  representative  of  interested  but  busy  citizens 
in  following  the  governmental  activities  of  the  city,  the 
schools,  and  the  county 

Promoting   effective   and   economical   government   by   co- 
operating with  public  officials  in  the  installation  of  estab- 
lished business  methods  in  public  business 
Providing  continuous  and  effective  publicity,  to  keep  the 
public  informed  and  interested  in  the  local  government. 

Trustees  and  staff  for  the  year  ending  July  1,  1917,  are: 

Trustees 


J.  F.  Ohmer,  Acting  Chairman 

C.  H.  Bosler,  Secretary 

I.  G.  Kumler,  Treasurer 

F.  J.  Ach 

H.  G.  Carnell 

S.  H.  Carr 

E.  A.  Deeds 


F.  T.  Huffman 
C.  F.  Kettering 

G.  B.  McCann 
J.  H.  Patterson 
F.  H.  Rike 
Adam  Schantz 
H.  E.  Talbott 


Staff 

C.  E.  Rightor,  Director 

D.  C.  Sowers 
Walter  Matscheck 
C.  B.  Greene 

W.  M.  Cotton 


Page  three 


DAYTON   BUREAU   OF   RESEARCH 

"Government  of  tke  People " 


Government!  Cooperative  community  action — the  agency  for  do- 
ing certain  things  for  the  common  good  which  are  better  done 
collectively  than  individually 

In  time  of  peace,  it  protects  our  life,  health  and  property ;  educates 
our  children ;  pumps  water  to  the  home  and  factory ;  removes 
garbage,  ashes  and  waste;  patrols  the  streets,  and  cleans, 
lights  and  repairs  them ;  maintains  parks  and  playgrounds  for 
children  out  of  school — all  of  these  and  more.  It  serves  us 
cheaper  than  we  could  serve  ourselves,  and  in  ways  we  could 
not  serve  ourselves 

In  time  of  war,  its  contact  is  even  more  forcibly  impressed  upon 
us — it  does  all  the  foregoing,  and  it  also  regulates  our  supply  of 
food,  fuel  and  clothing;  it  demands  the  use  of  our  life  and 
property;  it  becomes  a  part  of  our  very  existence 

If  ever  governmental  affairs  should  be  administered  in  a  business 
manner,  that  time  is  now.  Governments  must  lead  the  way  in 
personal  and  national  thrift.  As  the  governing  body  which  di- 
rectly affects  the  lives  of  all  our  citizens,  our  city  government 
has  a  clearly  defined  duty  in  effective  administration. 


Paije  four 


RESEARCH 


PROGRESS 


FACTS 


Wkere  Your  Tax  Dollar  Goes 


1917 

Rate        X       Duplicate      =      Taxes 
15.6  mills  $178,800,000  $2,789,800 

Per                                 Per  Debt  Per 

Total      Cent.        Operation     Cent.  Charges  Cent. 

State  $      80,500         3               $      80,500  100 

County  667,900       24             $    374,600       56  293,300       44 

Schools  &  Library      735,900       26                  633,600       86  102,300       14 

City    1,305,500       47                   579,000       44  726,500       56 

$2,789,800     100%         $1,587,200       57%  $1,202,600       43% 


Pa^e  five 


DAYTON   BUREAU   OF   RESEARCH 


The  War  and  Costs 


In  war  time  the  duties  of  local  governments  are  greatly  expanded, 
labor  and  materials  are  scarce,  and  the  resulting  costs  of  public 
activities  advance  tremendously 

To  meet  these  conditions  governments  must  be  economical,  effi- 
cient, and  practical.  Best  methods  are  indispensable.  To 
prove  its  case,  a  city  must  know  its  costs 

The  Division  of  Streets  annually  spends  about  $225,000,  or  16% 
of  the  city's  operating  budget.  It  cleans  and  repairs  105  miles 
of  paved  streets;  collects  and  reduces  16,000  tons  of  garbage; 
removes  93,000  cubic  yards  of  rubbish ;  repairs  bridges.  It 
operates  a  stable  of  40  horses,  13  motor  vehicles,  an  asphalt 
plant  and  numerous  equipment 

The  City  Manager  wanted  to  know  exact  costs  on  the  25  separate 
services  the  Division  of  Streets  is  giving  the  citizens,  and  at 
his  request  the  Bureau  installed  a  complete  new  system  for 
measuring  every  unit  of  service.  For  instance,  costs  are  now 
obtainable  per  square  yard  of  street  cleaned,  per  yard  of  street 
repaired,  per  ton  of  garbage  collected,  per  cubic  yard  of  rub- 
bish removed,  per  day  for  horses  or  motor  vehicles  used,  and 
so  on 

Should  not  cost  data  be  secured  for  all  other  activities  of  the  city 
Would  you  consider  the  City-Manager  form  a  success  if  it  were 
not  able  to  secure  such  facts? 


Page  $ix 


RESEARCH   ::   PROGRESS      FACTS 


Keeping  Tab  on  the  City's  Money 


$3,500,000  a  year  received  and  disbursed  by  the  city  of  Dayton  re- 
quires careful  recording  to  ensure  its  being  handled  correctly 
and  promptly 

Sound  accounting  is  the  backbone  of  sound  business.  The  business 
affairs  of  the  city  must  be  supported  by  adequate  financial  rec- 
ords, for  the  protection  both  of  the  citizens  and  the  administra- 
tor. A  sound  accounting  system  is  required  to  afford  control 
over  present  activities  and  to  promote  intelligent  planning  for 
future  guidance 

A  complete  program  for  an  accounting  procedure  for  the  entire  city 
has  been  devised  by  the  Bureau,  and  has  been  accepted  by  the 
City  Manager  and  the  Director  of  Finance 

Instead  of  showing  only  cash  receipts  and  disbursements — M^hich 
any  city  can  do, — Dayton  now  will  have  complete  information 
regarding  revenues  and  expenses,  property,  equipment,  stores, 
etc.,  such  as  is  obtained  in  private  business 

Standard  classifications  of  accounts  will  afford  the  details  with  re- 
spect to  the  cost  of  each  function  and  activity  of  the  city;  the 
current  operation  statement  of  revenues  accrued  and  expenses 
incurred;  and  a  balance  sheet,  with  supporting  schedules  and 
exhibits 

The  inauguration  of  the  new  system  marks  a  milestone  in  Dayton's 
accounting  practice. 


Page  seven 


DAYTON   BUREAU   OF   RESEARCH 

$1,500,000  for  150,000 

Budgeting  a  City's  Work  and  Funds 


Guiding  a  ship  without  a  chart  is  a  precarious  occupation.  Guid- 
ing a  government  without  a  budget  is  an  equally  hazardous 
pastime,  both  to  the  administrator  and  the  citizens 

Fundamentally,  a  budget  is  a  work-expenditure-revenue  program 
for  a  definite  period.  It  is  used  in  successful  business ;  it  must 
be  used  in  government.  A  city  renders  service  to  its  citizens. 
This  should  all  be  done  according  to  well-laid  plans.  De- 
mocracy means  that  those  served  shall  have  a  voice  in  prepar- 
ing the  program  of  that  service 

Do  you  care  what  the  city  is  to  do  each  year?  How  it  will  raise 
$1,500,000  for  operating  its  departments?  What  services  it 
proposes  to  render  you  in  spending  that  amount?  Would  you 
compare  future  promises  with  past  performances?  With  an 
adequate  budget  the  entire  story  is  revealed  to  you,  and  before 
its  adoption  by  the  legislative  body — your  representatives — 
you  have  an  opportunity  to  express  your  objection  or  approval 

The  Bureau  analyses  the  annual  budget  because  it  wishes  to  know 
the  policies  to  be  followed  during  the  year.  It  helps  the  City 
Manager  do  the  clerical  work,  in  order  that  all  the  citizens 
may  have  a  full  statement  of  facts  more  readily 

The  budget  is  one  of  the  most  potent  instruments  of  an  extensive 
and  intelligent  popular  control  of  government.  That  govern- 
ment which  has  not  an  adequate  budget  will  fail. 


Page  eight 


RESEARCH 


PROGRESS 


FACTS 


Financing  the  City's  Current  Operations — $1,446,000 


Receipts,  as  Estimated  for  1917 


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Expenditures,  as  Authorised  for  1917 


Receipts 

Property  Taxes $  550,800 

Liquor  and  other 

taxes 138,800 

Water  Works 285,000 

Market  Rents 27,000 

Garbage 86,000 

Welfare  Dept 14,100 

Municipal  Court 32,000 

Licenses   17,000 

Permits  32,100 

Reimbursements    ....  83,000 

Interest  on  Deposits  55,600 

Temporary  Loan 65,000 

Cash  Balance 49,300 

Other  10,300 

Total $1,446,000 

Expenditures 

Board  of  Elections..$  37,000 

Municipal  Court 33,600 

Sinking  Fund 69,000 

General  Admin 88,850 

Temporary  Loan 65,000 

Engineering 27,100 

Street  Lighting 95,000 

Streets  234,500 

Sewers  24,100 

Water    127,000 

Lands  &  Buildings..  30,000 
Welfare — 

Health  49,000 

Contributions   67,850 

Other  76,000 

Safety — 

Police 188,500 

Fire    199,000 

Other  34,500 

Total $1,446,000 

Page  nine 


DAYTON   BUREAU   OF   RESEARCH 


Are  Dayton's  Bonds  Safe* 


$728,000  in  taxes  was  levied  this  year  for  debt  purposes,  and  only 
$550,000  for  current  operation  of  the  city  government 

This  $728,000  is  to  pay  interest  on  the  city's  debt  of  $7,000,000,  and 
to  pay  off  some  old  bonds  maturing  this  year,  and  the  balance 
is  set  aside  as  a  sinking  fund  reserve 

The  sinking  fund  is  the  taxpayers'  saving  account  for  the  payment 
of  outstanding  bonds ;  it  is  the  bondholders'  primal  security  for 
their  bonds.  Sound  administration  of  the  sinking  fund  is  of 
vital  importance  to  the  advancement  of  public  welfare,  because 
upon  it  depends  the  future  credit  of  the  city 

With  a  scientifically  computed  sinking  fund  reserve  on  each  bond 
issue,  and  an  adequate  accounting  control  over  the  sinking 
fund,  the  integrity  of  the  public  debt  is  guaranteed  against  ir- 
regularities. The  fund  will  be  preserved  thru  the  long  process 
of  accumulation,  and  misuse  of  the  money  by  public  officials 
will  be  prevented 

The  Bureau  made  an  exhaustive  study  of  the  city's  sinking  fund 
and  an  actuarial  computation  of  the  amount  which  the  sinking 
fund  should  be  on  September  1st,  1917;  an  accounting  control 
was  also  established 

The  study  disclosed  that  the  sinking  fund  has  $300,000  in  excess  of 
requirements. 

Dayton's  Bonds  are  Safe. 


Puge  ten 


RESEARCH   ::   PROGRESS   ::   FACTS 


Wken  the  Government  Goes  into  Business 


Is  the  city  water  works  a  self-supporting  utility 

The  water  works  was  started  by  the  city  in  1869,  and  today  has  a 
plant  investment  of  $2,900,000 

The  Bureau  has  made  a  study  of  the  business,  including  its  history, 
a  description  of  the  plant,  an  analysis  of  results  of  operation 

Dayton's  water  works  is  self-supporting.    Moreover — 

1.  The  supply  of  water  is  greater  than  ever  before 

2.  All  extensions  are  made  according  to  a  definite  plan  of 
development  by  competent  engineers 

3.  The  pumping  capacity  of  the  plant  has  been  increased 
68%  since  1913 

4.  One  billion  more  gallons  of  water  were  pumped  in  1916 
than  in  1910,  with  a  consumption  of  700,000  pounds 
less  of  coal 

5.  The  water  supply  in  Dayton  View  and  the  West  Side 
has  been  changed  from  no  pressure  to  adequate  pres- 
sure ;  use  of  water  is  encouraged 

6.  The  net  profit  of  the  plant  in  1916  was  approximately 
$90,000 

7.  Dayton  enjoys  one  of  the  lowest  water  rates  to  be 
found  in  the  United  States.  33%  of  the  consumers  pay 
the  minimum  rate — $4.40  per  year  and  63%  of  all  con- 
sumers pay  less  than  $5.00 

Public  business  can  be  placed  on  the  same  plane  of  efficiency  as 

private  business. 

Pa^e  eleven 


DAYTON   BUREAU   OF   RESEARCH 


Learning  Results 

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Grapkic  Charts 


A  good  executive  has  been  described  as  "a  man  who  decides  every 
question  quickly  and  is  right  half  the  time" 

The  executive  of  the  future  will  decide  quickly  and  be  right  more 
than  "half  the  time",  because  he  will  base  his  decisions  on  the 
analysis  of  actual  facts  so  presented  that  all  the  important  ten- 
dencies of  the  business  can  be  grasped  at  a  glance 

The  modern  executive  insists  upon  reports  and  results  being  re- 
duced to  curves,  diagrams  and  charts 

The  extent,  volume  and  complexity  of  a  city's  activities  require  that 
the  Manager  should  receive  precise  information  from  all  the 
departments  in  condensed  form 

The  Bureau  has  been  cooperating  with  the  Department  of  Public 
Service  to  secure  monthly  reports  from  the  Division  of  Streets 
in  graphic  form.    A  sample  of  these  reports  is  shown  herewith 

Dayton's  industries  are  famous  for  making  instruments  of  pre- 
cision ;  let  the  city  government  be  famed  for  the  precision  of  its 
methods 

Dayton — the  City  of  Precision. 


Page  twelve 


RESEARCH 


PROGRESS 


FACTS 


Telling  Tkeir  Own  Story 

A  sample  of  the  graphic  charts  now  being  received  by  the 
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DAYTON   BUREAU   OF   RESEARCH 


Some  Reasons  for  the  $2.20  Increase 


Increased  taxes  result  from  increased  government  activities.  These 
activities  increase  in  response  to  the  demands  of  the  people, 
who  are,  in  the  last  analysis,  the  government.  They  are  per- 
formed by  the  city,  county  and  schools 

Some  public  service  is  done  at  one-fifth  the  cost  of  private  service — 
as  rubbish  removal ;  some  cannot  be  done  by  the  individual, — 
as  health  protection 

The  tax  rate  for  1917  is  $15.60  per  $1000  assessed  property  valua- 
tion. For  1916  it  was  $13.40  per  $1000.  The  increase  of  $2.20 
did  not  all  go  to  the  city : — 

County  increase,       $1.15 
City  increase,  1.07 

Schools  decrease,         .02 

Of  the  county's  increase,  $1.00  is  for  good  roads 

Of  the  city's  increase,  13  cents  is  for  operation,  3  cents  for  pensions, 
59  cents  for  old  debt  charges,  and  32  cents  for  the  million-dol- 
lar bond  issue  voted  by  the  people 

The  city  levies  more  taxes  for  debt  charges  than  for  operation 

Taxation  is  the  greatest  unsolved  problem  of  government. 


Page  fourteen 


RESEARCH   ;:   PROGRESS   ;;   FACT 

Planning  Maps 

V8. 

Control  tkru  Complaints 


Do  you  govern  your  work  by  complaints  received 

Too  many  cities  regulate  their  activities  by  trying  to  answer  com- 
plaints of  citizens  instead  of  planning  and  prosecuting  their 
work  so  as  to  eliminate  complaints 

Dayton,  like  the  modern  business  concern,  established  the  use  of 
planning  boards  and  routing  and  scheduling  sheets  to  exercise 
control  over  its  activities 

The  Bureau  devised  planning  boards  for  the  Division  of  Streets 
and  the  Division  of  Engineering.  Ordinary  maps  of  the  city 
have  indicated  on  them  by  colors  the  character  of  every  kind  of 
paving.  A  series  of  colored  pins  indicates  the  status  of  all  work 
in  progress.  A  glance  reveals  a  crossing  needing  repair,  a  hole 
in  the  pavement,  location  of  a  road  gang,  etc. 

Standard  route  maps  show  by  color  scheme  the  area  of  streets 
cleaned  weekly  and  monthly,  and  days  on  which  they  are 
cleaned;  and  the  ash  and  garbage  routes,  with  days  of  collec- 
tion, are  given 

The  Engineer's  map  shows  every  stage  of  street  improvement, 
from  the  petition  of  property  owners  for  the  work  to  the  final 
payment  on  the  contract  after  the  work  is  finished 

Every  section  of  the  city  receives  its  share  of  municipal  service,  and 
the  planning  boards  ensure  that  the  work  will  be  done  on 
schedule  time.  Changes  in  employes  do  not  handicap  the  work 
— a  permanent  record  displaces  a  man's  memory. 

Page  fifteen 


DAYTON   BUREAU   OF   RESEARCH 

Talking  Good  Government 

vs. 

Proving  Good  Government 


Is  the  government  of  the  city  better  in  1917  than  it  was  in  1913 

Can  you  prove  it — or  tell  just  how  much  better 

The  government  is  doing  more  things  today  than  ever  before.  But 
it  is  costing  more.    Can  the  additional  cost  be  justified 

The  Bureau  believes  it  is  better  and  the  cost  can  be  justified.  It 
believes  the  real  proof  of  its  effective  and  economical  service  is 
a  complete  statement  of  facts  about  the  government 

The  Bureau  has  started  a  careful,  impartial  study  of  the  accomplish- 
ments of  the  city  government  during  the  period  1910-1916. 
Costs  and  results  will  be  given  for  every  activity  the  city  per- 
forms 

Can  anything  surpass  facts  as  a  basis  for  advocating  the  continu- 
ance of  a  good  administration,  for  "the  survival  of  the  fittest" 
in  city  government 

Our  debt  to  the  cause  of  municipal  betterment  requires  a  critical, 
analytical,  unbiased,  historical  review  and  a  report  to  the  na- 
tion of  the  truth. 


Page  tixteen 


RESEARCH  PROGRESS      ::      FA    C   T    S 


Are  Public  Sckools  Public  Property? 


Dayton  citizens  have  intrusted  to  Dayton  schools  a  large  part  of 
the  life  training  of  19,000  children  between  the  ages  of  4  and  20. 
How  this  training  is  conducted  should  be  of  interest  to  all 

To  provide  facilities  for  this  training  Dayton  citizens  have  invested 
$3,500,000.  Property  of  this  value  certainly  ought  to  be  worthy 
of  the  attention  of  all 

To  operate  these  schools  $600,000  a  year  is  contributed  thru  taxa- 
tion. To  see  that  this  sum  is  well  spent  requires  more  interest 
than  is  generally  given 

Since  schools  are  operated  for  the  training  of  all  the  children  of  the 
city,  and  since  the  funds  to  conduct  them  are  provided  by  the 
public,  why  is  the  public  not  taken  more  into  confidence  by  the 
school  board?  Why  are  all  committee  meetings — where  poli- 
cies are  determined  and  where  legislation  is  really  enacted — 
secret?  Are  star-chamber  methods  consistent  with  a  demo- 
cratic operation  of  a  public  business 

Existing  conditions  are  due  largely  to  the  fact  that  the  public  per- 
mits them 

There  is  some  public  interest,  but  far  from  enough.  What  there 
is,  is  disorganised  and  indefinite.  It  has  resulted  in  much  criti- 
cism but  in  little  action 

To  help  make  the  schools  more  efficient,  to  make  their  government 
democratic,  and  to  arouse  public  interest,  is  the  purpose  of  the 
Bureau's  entrance  in  the  school  field. 


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A  Maximum  for  a  Few 


or 


A  MinimLumi  for  All 


Four  new  elementary  schools  are  being  built  in  Dayton  which  are 
so  complete  in  rooms  and  equipment  as  to  almost  deserve  the 
adjective  "luxurious".  They  will  accommodate  1960  pupils 
with  40  in  a  room 

In  districts  not  affected  by  the  new  schools,  as  well  as  in  those  to 
be  affected,  75%  of  the  children  are  in  classes  of  over  40  (the 
educational  maximum)  ;  one-third  of  these  are  in  classes  of 
over  50 

In  the  districts  not  affected  by  the  new  schools  no  relief  is  to  be 
afforded.  A  more  conservative  expenditure  on  the  new  build- 
ings would  have  made  possible  relief  to  several  other  schools 

Can  we  afford  ultra-fine  schools  in  some  parts  of  the  city  and  ultra- 
poor  conditions  in  others 

Would  not  just  plain  good  schools  in  all  parts  of  the  city  be  pre- 
ferable 

In  one  respect  the  new  schools  are  deficient — the  heating  and  venti- 
lating systems  are  not  such  as  meet  the  requirements  of  the 
best  school  practice.  No  humidifying  devices  are  provided; 
hot  air  furnaces  are  used.  The  costs  of  plants  of  the  same  type 
in  two  of  these  schools  varied  unduly  without  explanation : 

12  Furnaces,  Jefferson  School,       $21,300 

13  Furnaces,  E.  J.  Brown  School,     9,900 


1  more  Furnace  $11,400  less  cost 

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Planning 


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Paf  ckwork 


In  your  business  do  you  make  your  building  plans  to  cover  a  period 
of  years,  or  do  you  follow  a  patchwork  method  of  adding  a 
building  where  and  when  most  convenient 

If  you  were  managing  a  school  system,  would  you  use  the  same 
foresight  that  you  exercise  in  your  private  business?  Would 
you  plan  your  buildings  for  several  years  ahead,  according  to 
the  tendency  of  growth,  funds,  and  other  considerations 

In  order  to  do  this,  would  you  make  preliminary  studies  of  past 
growth  to  show  where  further  growth  will  probably  be,  how 
rapid  that  growth  will  be,  what  funds  will  be  available,  what 
will  be  the  best  method  of  financing,  the  best  types  of  buildings 
for  the  purpose,  and  all  other  items  that  enter 

Many  school  systems  have  reached  this  state  of  advancement.  The 
Bureau  has  for  some  months  been  attempting  to  secure  the  co- 
operation of  the  Board  of  Education  in  the  preparation  of  such 
a  program.  The  probable  effect  of  the  proposed  West  Side 
High  School  upon  such  a  program  has  been  reported  on 
briefly 

A  concrete  instance  of  the  need  for  planning  is  that  of  two  of  the 
new  schools  now  being  erected.  These  schools  are  to  accom- 
modate 600  and  560  pupils  respectively;  their  enrollment  next 
year  will  probably  not  exceed  300  each 

The  Bureau  will  continue  the  effort  to  secure  the  adoption  of  a  five 
or  ten-year  building  program. 

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PROGRESS 


FACTS 


Budget  Making  for  Economy  and  Efficiency 


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With  coal  at  $9  a  ton,  is  not  information  like  this  necessary  to  pre- 
vent waste 

Is  it  not  needed  also  for  all  other  expenditures 

The  answer  is  that  this  illustrates  just  one  reason  why  more  ade- 
quate budget  procedure  and  business  records  are  needed.  When 
fuel  costs  vary  from  $80  per  room  in  one  school  to  $22  in  an- 
other, there  is  some  need  for  reasons,  standardisation  and  rec- 
ords 

Another  reason  for  a  better  budget  system  is  that  the  people  want 
to  know  more  about  school  finances,  and  they  cannot  know 
under  the  present  plan 

Would  you  not  be  interested  to  know  whether  we  are  spending  rel- 
atively too  small  an  amount  on  kindergartens,  grade  schools, 
high  schools,  night  schools?  That  is,  are  we  slighting  any  of 
them 

A  budget  tends  to  give  one  hundred  cents  educational  service  for 
each  dollar  spent. 


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$125,000  Piled  Up  Unnecessarily 


Complaints  of  shortage  of  funds  have  been  coming  from  school 
sources — how  operate  the  new  schools,  how  increase  salaries, 
without  an  increased  proportion  of  tax  rate 

The  Bureau  wanted  to  help  the  schools  get  more  funds  if  they 
needed  them,  but  it  wanted  to  do  so  without  crippling  city  and 
county  work 

Then  the  Bureau  found: 

School  budget  methods  precluded  possibility  of  ascertain- 
ing exact  estimates  of  needs 

Accounting  methods  prevented  a  statement  of  comparisons 
between  appropriations  and  expenditures 

Expenditures  have  been  taken  care  of  out  of  receipts — 
balances  have  been  accumulated 

The  monthly  balances  of  the  Board  of  Education  are  approximately 
$125,000  larger  than  is  necessary.  This  $125,000  can  be  released 
for  operation ;  it  is  sufficient  to  operate  the  new  schools  and  to 
increase  teachers'  salaries  next  year  and  still  have  a  safe  work- 
ing balance  left 

For  the  following  years,  the  tax  rate  can  be  adjusted  without  injury 
to  the  city  and  county, — that  is,  the  special  road  tax  can  be 
transferred  to  schools  if  the  people  will  vote  it 

$125,000  on  deposit  in  a  bank  earns  only  about  3%.  How  much 
would  it  earn  if  kept  by  the  taxpayers ;  or  how  much  would  it 
earn  in  increased  service  if  spent  for  better  salaries,  for  better 
school  buildings,  for  a  junior  college,  and  for  telling  the  public 
about  the  schools? 

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Why  School  Costs  are  Lo\v 


There  are  six  main  reasons  for  growth  of  school  costs  per  pupil, — 

Higher  salaries 

Larger  schools  and  better  equipment 

Additions  to  the  course — manual  training,  domestic  sci- 
ence, etc. 
Reduction  in  the  number  of  pupils  per  teacher 
Better  trained  teachers 
General  increase  in  prices 

In  Dayton  in  1904-05  the  cost  per  pupil  in  the  elementary  schools 
was  $27.63.    In  1915-16  it  was  $31.22 

Deducting  costs  of  manual  training  and  domestic  science  in  each 
year,  the  cost  in  1904-05  was  $26.73.    In  1915-16,  $26.85 

Thus  one  of  the  six  factors  given  above  accounts  for  all  difference. 
To  the  extent  that  salaries  have  been  increased  in  the  1 1  years 
the  increase  has  been  offset  by  overcrowding  of  buildings  and 
rooms,  giving  too  many  pupils  to  each  teacher,  and  to  minor 
items 

The  four  new  buildings  will  help.  A  building  program  5  years  ago 
would  have  prevented  such  conditions 

Per  pupil  costs  in  high  schools  have  increased  from  $49.07  to  $61.56 

in  the  same  time 

High  schools  have  been  treated  relatively  better  than  elementary 
schools. 


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The  Bureau  has  talked,  written,  and  wbrked  for  a  small  school 
board.  It  will  talk,  write,  and  work  for  it  some  more.  Some 
day  Dayton  will  get  a  small  board 

Dayton  has  been  discriminated  against  in  the  matter  of  school  board. 
Dayton  is  the  only  city  in  Ohio  with  a  board  as  large  as  14 
members.    One  other  city  has  9.    All  others  vary  from  3  to  7 

Moreover,  12  of  the  14  members  are  elected,  one  from  each  of  12 
sub-districts  of  the  city,  and  each  represents  his  own  sub-dis- 
trict as  opposed  to  the  11  other  sub-districts.  Only  2  represent 
the  city  at  large.  Would  you  not  prefer  to  have  all  members 
represent  the  whole  city  and  work  for  the  best  welfare  of  the 
whole  city 

7  of  the  14  members  are  to  be  elected  this  Fall.  The  Bureau  will 
question  the  candidates,  submit  issues  to  them  and  try  to  find 
out  whether  or  not  they  stand  for  progress  in  our  schools. 
The  Bureau  urges  the  people  of  the  city  to  vote  for  members 
who  stand  for  better  schools.  The  Bureau  cannot  approve  nor 
oppose  the  candidacy  of  any  individual.  Personalities  are  out- 
side of  the  functions  of  a  Bureau 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Bureau  has  approved  the  proposal  of 
women  on  the  Board  of  Education.  Would  not  some  women 
inject  a  valuable  point  of  view? 


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PROGRESS 


FACTS 


Another  Kind  of  Education 

This  is  a  sample  of  the  full-page  advertisements  appearing 
in  every  Dayton  newspaper. 

EVERY   DAYTON  NEWSPAPER 

What  the  City  Officials  are  Doing  For  tlie  Babies  of  Dayton 

During  the  entire  week.  May  29  to  June  3,  the  people  of  Dayton 
will  work  for  the  babies.  Plans  are  under  way  by  Dr.  Light,  the  City 
Health  Officer,  for  a  baby-saving  campaign,  starting  that  week. 
Baby  is  king  every  week,  and  he  has  been  king  during  the  entire 
past  two  years,  under  the  administration  of  City  Manager  Wciite  and 
the  supervision  of  Dr.  Garland,  director  of  Public  Welfare.  The 
present  campaign  is  to  let  all  the  people  have  a  part  in  this  great  work. 

In  1913  one  baby  died  out  of  every  8  babies  born. 
In  1914  one  baby  died  out  of  every  10  babies  bom. 
In  1915  one  baby  died  out  of  every  11  babies  bom. 

For  Dayton,  the  death  rate  of  babies  under  one  year  old  is  88.8  out 
of  every  thousand  born;  it  is  124  out  of  every  thousand  for  the 
entire  country. 


In  the  Last  Two  Years 
95BabiesWereSavedBy 

Elstablishing  five  milk  stations 
thruout  the  city. 
Holding  3 1 2  baby  clinics. 
Nurses    calling    on    prospective 
mothers  and  new  mothers. 
1  caching  the  importance  of  clean 
milk  and  breast-feeding. 
Showing  mothers   how  to  care 
for,  dress  and  feed  babies. 


MILK  STATIONS 

)en  dunng  the  entire 
'  Health  Offica.  Cspoel  Building 

Wuhmgton  and  Etbrcn  SchooU  dunng  the  < 
trn>emtU. 
291  infants  wen  fed  from  the  nu\k  i 


are  kefrt  open  dunng  the  entire  year  at  the  City 

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the  Webater  and  Garfield  Schooh.  abo  at  the 


This  Year  More  Babies 
Can  Be  Saved  By 

Teaching    prospective    mothers 

how  to  care  for  themseh^es. 

Teaching  more  mothers  how  to 

dress,    feed   and  care  for  their 

babies. 

More    mothers    coming   to   the 

milk  stations. 

More  visits  to  babies  by  nurses. 

Better   co-operation   between 

physicians  &n6  the  milk  stations. 

FREE  BABY  CLINICS 

are  held  every  Wedne»3ay  and  Friday  afternoon 
aH  through  the  >  ear  at  the  City  Oivtaion  of  Health 
Officea.  Cappel  Bmldiog.  and  every  inonMa«  at 


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MORE  CAN  BE  FED 


'EVERY  BABY  A  HEALTHY  BABY' 


t^T  ONE  OF  THESE  BABIES  WED 


In  1915  a  corps  of  twelve  visiting  nurses,  under 
the  supervision  of  Dr.  Light,  city  Gjrmnissioner 
of  HeeJth,  made  (in  addition  to  calls  on  the  sick 
and  needy)  10.571  calls  on  2.007  of  the  2.591 
babies  born  that  year. 

During  the  heated  summer  months,  because  of 
the  great  danger  to  babies'  lives,  they  devote 
especial  attention  to  keeping  infamt  sickness 
down  as  much  as  possible. 


At  certain  hours  the  nurses  are  present  at  each 
miflc  station,  prepanng  and  modifying  milk,  and 
giving  it  out  to  the  mothers  and  children  who 
come;  giving  prospective  and  new  mothers 
advice  on  how  best  to  take  care  of  themselves 
and  their  babies;  instructing  them  as  to  proper 
diet  for  babies,  how  to  dress  and  care  for  them. 


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Other  Business  Studies 


The  Bureau  has  also  studied  in  the  business  department  of  the 
schools : 

Accounting 

Stores 

Purchasing 

Repair  procedure 

Method  of  paying  bonds 

Work  on  none  of  these,  except  bond  payments,  has  been  completed 
as  yet 

Bonds  are  at  present  paid  on  a  deferred  serial  plan  which  causes 
excessive  interest  payments.  A  plan  is  suggested  by  the  Bu- 
reau which,  if  adopted,  will  result  in  $170,000  less  cost  on  pres- 
ent outstanding  issues  by  the  time  of  final  payment 


$170,000 


a,  new  school  like  the  Jefferson,  or 

cost  of  operating  the  high  schools  and  special 

schools  one  year,  or 
5%  on  $3,400,000,  or 
$8,500  a  year  for  increases  in  teachers'  salaries 


Education,  building,  and  business  methods  were  studied  on  a  trip 
to  Minneapolis,  Kansas  City,  and  St.  Louis  with  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Instruction  and  four  members  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation. At  Kansas  City  the  meeting  of  the  department  of  su- 
perintendence of  the  National  Education  Association  was  at- 
tended. 

Much  remains  to  be  done. 


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RESEARCH   ::   PROGRESS   ::   FACTS 


In  tke  Class  Room 


Schools  train  children.  If  they  do  not,  they  fail  in  their  job.  The 
important  work  of  the  schools  then  is  teaching.  But  the  work 
in  the  class  room  can  never  be  at  its  best  if  the  overhead  or- 
ganisation is  not  right,  and  if  surrounding  conditions  are  poor 

The  Bureau  has  devoted  most  of  its  first  year  to  administration. 
It  has  touched  the  education  side  sufficiently  to  discover  a  few 
points  like  the  following: 

75%  of  the  elementary  children  are  in  classes  of  over  40 

Many  schools  are  badly  lighted  and  ventilated 

The  school  record  system  does  not  provide  a  continuous 

record   of  the   child's   school   history — except  in  one 

school 
Current  reports  are  not  adequate 
85%   of  the  elementary  teachers  have  received  all  their 

professional  training  in  Dayton 
68%  never  had  even  high  school  work  outside  of  Dayton 
7Z%  never  taught  outside  of  Dayton 
60%  never  studied  outside  of  Dayton  in  any  school  and 

never  taught  outside  of  Dayton 
48%  of  the  elementary  teachers  receive  $775  a  year 
43%  receive  less 
71%  of  high  school  teachers  receive  but  $1,500  to  $1,600  a 

year 

One  need  not  be  an  educator  to  know  what  these  facts  mean. 


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Municipal  University 
Junior  College 


The  proposal  to  establish  a  municipal  university  in  Dayton  was 
being  much  discussed  last  September.  A  committee  of  seven 
citizens  had  just  been  named  by  the  Board  of  Education  to 
investigate  and  report  upon  the  feasibility  of  the  proposition, 
and  it  was  proposed  to  them  that  they  employ  a  man  at  $3600 
a  year  to  promote  the  institution,  one-half  of  his  salary  to  be 
paid  by  the  Board  and  one-half  by  the  Committee 

The  Bureau  prevented  this  action  and  made  the  necessary  investiga- 
tion, thus  saving  $3600  to  the  Board  of  Education  and  Univer- 
sity Committee.  The  cost  to  the  Bureau  for  this  study  was 
only  $400 

An  exhaustive  enquiry  was  made  of  the  need,  opportunity,  purposes, 
probable  courses  and  costs  of  a  municipal  university  in  Dayton 

The  Bureau  recommended  that  the  facts  as  to  need  and  cost  of  a 
university  in  Dayton  would  not  warrant  its  establishment  by 
public  funds  at  this  time,  but  that  if  private  funds  were  sub- 
scribed the  question  would  be  open  to  discussion  from  another 
angle.  It  recommended  that  attention  be  given  to  the  develop- 
ment of  present  school  facilities  and  the  consideration  of  the 
benefits  of  a  junior  college 

A  report  embodying  these  ideas  was  adopted  by  the  University 
Committee  in  its  report  to  the  Board  of  Education,  and  recog- 
nition of  the  Bureau's  work  was  given  by  this  Committee, 


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RESEARCH   :;   PROGRESS   ::   FACT 


The  "Dark  Continent  of  American  Politics" 


Montgomery  County  is  spending  $670,000  of  taxes  in  1917.  This  is 
24  cents  out  of  every  tax  dollar  collected  in  Dayton 

The  city  gets  47  cents,  the  schools  24  cents,  the  library  2  cents,  and 
the  State  3  cents 

The  city  furnishes  water,  police,  fire,  sewer,  health,  street  cleaning 
and  lighting,  and  numerous  other  services.  The  schools  edu- 
cate our  children 

What  does  the  County  do?  What  relation  does  it  bear  to  the  life  of 
Dayton  people?  Certainly  it  has  a  relationship,  or  we  would 
not  have  to  pay  so  much  toward  its  operation — but  what  is  that 
relation 

Do  you  care  to  know  only  that  you  vote  every  few  years  for  three 
Commissioners,  a  Treasurer,  an  Auditor,  a  Surveyor,  a  Prose- 
cutor,— and  let  it  go  at  that 

Or,  shall  candidates  for  these  elective  offices  be  asked  to  commit 
themselves  upon  a  platform  for  a  modern  and  efficient  county 
government 

The  county  has  been  called  the  "dark  continent  of  American  poli- 
tics" 

Shall  we  find  out  more  about  our  county  government? 


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Better  County  Roads 


Do  you  know : 

— There  are  1064  miles  of  public  highways  in  Montgomery 
County 

— Only  a  few  main  pikes  are  in  good  condition 

— Over  $880/XX)  is  being  expended  for  road  construction 
and  maintenance  in  this  county  in  1916  and  1917 

— Citizens  of  Dayton  are  paying  over  $430,000  of  this  di- 
rectly thru  taxation 

— 154  miles  are  maintained  by  the  State;  the  rest,  by  the 
county  and  14  townships 

— There  is  no  general  plan  of  road  improvement  for  the 
county  as  a  whole 

— Township  records  are  not  available  for  comparisons  of 
costs 

— Township  officials  have  no  knowledge  of  the  principles 
of  road  construction,  maintenance,  or  repair 

— Township  road  workers  are  part-time,  poorly  paid  men 

— Road  surfaces  are  determined  upon  without  sufficient 
study  of  the  needs  of  the  roads 

— Specifications  for  road  improvement  are  not  enforced 

— Very  little  interest  is  taken  by  the  people  in  the  good 
road  problem  of  the  county 

It  is  not  too  late  to  improve  the  organisation  and  methods  for  ob- 
taining good  county  roads. 


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RESEARCH      PROGRESS      FACTS 


Better  County  Roads 


Do  you  believe : 

— It  is  possible  to  have  roads  kept  in  good  condition  at  all 
times  by  a  patrol  system  of  maintenance — continuous 
maintenance — rather  than  postponed  repair  or  neglect 

— In  wide  roads,  without  dangerous  side  ditches,  without 
high  weeds,  and  with  sign  posts 

— Organisation  -|-  supervision  +  labor  +  materials 
+  equipment  can  give  excellent  roads 

— A  comprehensive  plan  for  road  building  should  be  pre- 
pared for  the  county 

— A  work  program  should  be  prepared  each  year  for  the 
county  and  townships 

— Dragging  is  the  most  important  factor  in  earth  road 
maintenance 

— Standards  should  be  established  for  road  construction, 
maintenance,  drainage,  pavement,  etc. 

— A  full-time  supervisor  should  control  all  local  road  work 

— Cooperation  between  county  and  township  road  officials 
should  be  encouraged 

— Exact  cost  records  should  be  kept  of  all  road  expendi- 
tures 

— Both  the  public  and  road  officials  should  be  educated  in 
the  principles  of  road  construction  and  maintenance 

— Demonstrations  should  be  held  periodically  in  road 
building  methods,  and  available  literature  be  dis- 
tributed 

Montgomery  County  can  set  an  example  for  every  county  in  Ohio 
in  excellence  of  roads. 

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DAYTON   BUREAU   OF   RESEARCH 


Publicity  and  Democracy 


Publicity  is  getting  the  "facts  to  the  folks" 

Democracy  is  government  by  the  people 

Half  of  good  government  is  an  intelligent  and  interested  citizenship 

Dayton  is  a  business  institution,  capitalised  at  $20,000,000,  and  its 
150,000  citizens  are  stockholders 

These  stockholders  have  a  right  to,  and  should,  know  what  is  going 
on  in  their  mutual  corporation — the  city 

The  commercial  advancement  and  prosperity  of  a  community  de- 
pends upon  an  alert  and  confident  citizenship.  Citizen  interest, 
kept  alive,  makes  boosters  who  prove  an  aid  to  delegated 
officials.  Boosters  are  especially  active  away  from  home,  when 
they  greatly  advertise  the  city  and  its  institutions 

Every  favorably  spoken  and  printed  word  tends  toward  the  indus- 
trial, commercial  and  civic  development  of  the  city,  and  the 
consequent  happiness  and  prosperity  of  its  residents 

In  governmental  affairs,  Dayton  will  advance  in  proportion  to  the 
interest  of  its  citizens 

Js  it  necessary  to  get  the  facts  before  the  people,  in  order  to  keep 
alive  citizen  interest?  Claims  may  be  considered  idle  fancies; 
facts  must  and  will  stand 

The  Bureau  furnishes  and  circulates  facts — will  you  provide  the  in- 
terest? 

"Publicity  produces  positive  profits.'* 

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RESEARCH 


PROGRESS 


FACTS 


Effective  Bureau  Publicity 

Typical   of  Dayton  newspaper   co-operation  and 
country-wide  interest. 

TlieLife  of  One  BainfeMfeEftoil  of  a  Whole  Gly 


HOW  TO  DETECT  AND 
PREVENT  SPREAD  OF 
INFANTILE  PARALYSIS 


COOPERATION  BETWtEN  CITY  OFFICIALS 


CORRECTIONAL  SYSTEM 
IN  LOCAL  INSTITUTION 
IS  PAMPHLET  SUBJECT 


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IN  EDBCIITION    '~>r^=t':=-  YEAR'S B0SINESSjj-r.:.r„7r--: 
OF  GREAT  VALOE  -JSE£H?J?Z^  WITH  A  BALANCE  a^"S^I^_ 

CUYOEPiiRlENT  U-  w^-  o- CIIY PURCHASES    '^  .-^, 

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RECORD  OF  BIG  ACCOMPLISHMENTS 


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TO  STREETS  IN  CITY 


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QOESTIONS  OF  . 
BOARDKEMBERS| 


DAYTON  ACTIVITIES 
ATTRACT  NOTICE  IN 
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the  **City  of  Precision' 


DAYTON  MEIHOD        ON  WEST  SIDE 


(DAYTON'S LEGAL  EXPERTS  RHINISH   .ADDRESS MADE   REPORI  DISCLOSES  "1=^^^ 

AIDBUREADHAS  OAIAfORIiSEAI  l BY RIGHTOR AT  DAYTON'S  ACTlVIIYi 

INCREASED  ROOM   OAYION'SEXHil    RUBICON  CLUB    IN  CIIY^  OFFICES  iOINS  BUREAU 

.„^Mw^  OF  MUNICIPAL 
,^..0-.      R£SEARCHHERE 


Page  thirty  three 


DAYTON   BUREAU   OF   RESEARCH 


Information  and  Complaint  Bureau 


860  separate  news  articles,  totaling  460  columns,  were  submitted 
by  the  Bureau  and  published  in  the  four  Dayton  newspapers 

This  space,  if  paid  for  at  regular  advertising  rates,  would  have  cost 
$6,500 

Nearly  four-score  newspapers  and  journals,  published  outside  of 
Dayton,  have  carried  the  Bureau's  stories  about  the  city  and 
county  governments  and  schools 

A  conservative  estimate  of  the  cost  of  all  publicity,  if  paid  for,  is 
not  less  than  $10,000.  It  did  not  cost  the  Bureau  that,— ^it  is 
believed  that  its  value  in  citizen  interest  at  home  and  municipal 
advancement  abroad  need  not  be  measured  in  dollars 

In  this  service,  the  four  daily  newspapers  have  ever  faithfully  sup- 
ported and  cordially  cooperated  with  the  Bureau  in  promoting 
a  popular  knowledge  of  the  civic,  social  and  educational  minis- 
trations of  our  public  officials.  The  newspaper  is  the  average 
citizen's  schoolhouse,  and  its  powers  and  benefits  are  recognised 
and  appreciated 

Full-page  advertisements  on  Baby  Welfare  Week,  Health,  Fire, 
Water,  and  Recreation  and  Parks  were  run  in  all  the  papers  of 
Dayton,  giving  unbiased  facts  to  the  public  about  their  govern- 
ment 

Hundreds  of  requests  from  other  cities  for  information  about  the 
city  government  were  received  and  answered.  High  school 
students,  citizens,  visitors,  came  into  the  office  with  questions 
and  suggestions.  Each  received  the  necessary  personal  at- 
tention 

Who  shall  reply  to  these  enquiries,  listen  to  the  complaints  and  sug- 
gestions, send  out  copies  of  the  charter,  history  and  results  of 
the  city  government,  etc?  Do  we  not  owe  it  to  the  nation  to 
answer  these  enquiries 

A  municipal  reference  library  connected  with  the  Bureau  would  be 
of  great  assistance. 

Page  thirty  four 


RESEARCH   ::   PROGRESS      FACTS 


The  Bureau's  Future 


Shall  Your  Research  Agency  Continue — 

A  City  Program 

Preparing  and  setting  forts  facts  in  support  of  the  present  form 
of  government,  in  order  to  preserve  the  spirit  and  sense  of 
the  Charter 

Devising  and  installing  in  Dayton  the  best  accounting  system 
in  any  American  city 

Installing  cost  records  for  all  municipal  services 

Establishing  condensed  reports,  daily  and  monthly,  in  graphic 
form  for  all  departments  and  bureaus 

Follov^-up  studies  in  health  and  safety  surveys  made  4  years 
ago 

For  the  Hospitals,  defining  a  "charity  patient"  and  determining 
a  proper  per  diem  for  the  city  to  pay  for  this  class 

Preparation  of  exact  record  of  results  during  last  six  years 

A  five-year  paving  program 

Garage  routing  of  autos,  study  of  franchises,  new  sources  of 
revenue,  police  and  fire  pension  funds 

A  School  Program 

Advocating  open  Committee  meetings,  non-partisan  election  of 
members,  a  small  board,  a  business  manager,  women  Board 
members 

Analysis  of  Board's  business  practices, — accounting,  cost  rec- 
ords, repairs,  purchasing,  pension  fund  for  teachers 

Educational  studies, — student  records,  age  and  progress 
studies,  medical  service,  revision  of  teachers'  salary 
schedule 

A  County  Program 

Good  roads  study  follow-up 

Enquiry  into  business  administration  of  all  offices 

Watching  tax  rate  distribution 

A  Publicity  Program 

Telling  citizens  of  day-to-day  results  in  city,  schools,  county 

Telling  the  world  Dayton  has  home  rule,  non-partisan,  efficient 
city  government,  and  is  a  healthful,  safe,  clean  and  pleas- 
ant place  to  live  and  work. 

Our  Record  is  Our  Guarantee. 

Page  thirty  jive 


DAYTON   BUREAU   OF   RESEARCH 

Balance  Sheet,  June  30,  1917* 
and  Comparison  witk  July  1,  1916 


Assets                                                 July  1,  1916  June  30,  1917 

Cash  , $   221.99  $2,207.14 

Imprest  Cash  25.00  25.00 

Accounts  Receivable  38.90 

Furniture    150.35  426.28 

Total  Assets 436.24  2,658.42 

DEFICIT  1,114.70 

Total,  Assets  and  Deficit $1,550.94  $2,658.42 

Liabilities 

Temporary  Loans  $1,450.94* 

Unaccrued  Subscriptions  100.00 

Accounts  Payable  

Total  Liabilities  1,550.94 

SURPLUS  $2,658.42 

Total,  Liabilities  and  Surplus $1,550.94  $2,658.42 


♦Estimated,  for  June  15-30,  1917. 
t$l, 250.94  cancelled,  October,  1916. 


Page  thirty  $ix 


RESEARCH 


PROGRESS 


F    A    C    1    S 


Income  and  Expense  Statement 

July  1,  1916— June  30,  1917 

Cash  Balance,  July  1,  1916 $     231.99 

Receipts,  12  months,  as  under: 

Subscriptions  $19,382.00 

Temporary  Loan  475.00 

Sale  of  Automobile 400.00 

Sundry  Receipts  19.90 

Special— Advertising 761.26 

Accounts   Receivable 54.80 

21,092.96 


Total,  Balance  and  Receipts $21,314.95 

Expenditures,  12  months,  as  under: 

Current  Operation  $16,866.48 

Temporary  Loans  675.00 

Capital  Outlay — 

Furniture    270.33 

Automobile 500.00 

Accounts  Receivable  34.74 

Special — Advertising  761.26 


-  19,107.81 
.$  2,207.14 


Cash  Balance,  June  30,  1917 

*  Figures  based  upon  estimate  for  June  15-30,  1917. 
CLASSIFICATION  OF  CURRENT  OPERATING  COSTS*  as  under: 


Objects  of  Expenditure: 

Salaries $13,220.47 

Travel  376.52 

Express  5.12 

Subsistence  263.30 

Postage    299.49 


Telephone  

Printing  

Stationery  

Fixtures  

Library  

Rent    

Operating   Equipment 
Miscellaneous    


99.12 
586.84 
482.66 
43.70 
77.23 
728.00 
412.85 
271.18 


Assignments  of  Work  Done: 

Administration    $  6,268.78 

Education   1,820.84 

Publicity 1,585.38 

Vacation  and  Sickness 658.01 

City  Budget  608.20 

"      Finance    1,191.01 


Annual    Report. 

Div.   Streets  

Div.   Health  


96.25 

463.95 

5.76 

"      Dept.  Welfare  288.10 

Motor  Vehicles 22.24 

Miscellaneous  156.39 

Board   of   Education 2,178.86 

Municipal    University 403.30 

County   Government 237.96 

County  Roads... 818.45 

Advertising  63.00 


Total $16,866.48  Total. 

♦Estimated  for  June  15-30,  1917. 


$16,866.48 

Page  thirty  seven 


SUBSCRIBERS 

TO  THE 

Dayton  Bureau  of  Research 

FOR  THE 
Year  Ending  July  1.  1917 


F.  J.  Ach 

W.  L.  Adamson  Co. 

Geo.  C.  Albert 

D.  W.  Allaman 
W.  B.  Anderson 
C.  S.  Ashdown 
F.  W.  Atkin 

A.  O.  Aulabaugh 

O.  J.  Bard 

Dr.  F.  Dale  Barker 

E.  J.  Barney 

F.  P.  Beaver 
Leon  Berg 
W.  E.  Best 
Geo.  Blanchard 
Samuel  Blau 
W.  A.  Blum 

C.  H.  Bosler 

John  P.  Breen 

C.  L.  G.  Breene 

Walter  M.  Brenner 

Judge  O.  B,  Brown 

Oswald  Cammann 

Edw.  Canby 

H.  B.  Canby 

Cappel  Furniture  Co. 

H.  G.  Carnell 

S.  H.  Carr 

Cellarius  &  Dressier 

W.  D.  Chamberlin 

F.  O.  Clements 

H.  &  G.  L.  Coleman 

R.  G.  Corwin 

Maurice  Costello 

W.  R.  Craven 

W.  H.  Crawford 

E.  W.  Davies 

O.  F.  Davisson 

Richard  L.  Davisson 

Dayton  Breweries  Co. 

Dayton  Laundry  Co. 

Dayton  National  Bank 

Dayton  Power  &  Light  Co 

Dayton  Rubber  &  Mfg.  Co 

Dayton  Sav.  &  Trust  Co. 

E.  A.  Deeds 

R.  R.  Dickey 

Henry  D.  Dickson 

Arthur  Dilks 

J.  W.  Downer 

Page  thirty  eight 


Judge  C.  W.  Dustin 
Elder  &  Johnston  Co. 
Nelson  Emmons,  Jr. 
H.  M.  Estabrook 
Dr.  W.  A.  Ewing 
J.  Q.  Finfrock 

0.  J.  Fisher 

Wm.  Focke  Sons  Co. 

Fourth  National  Bank 

W.  H.  Fryer 

Thos.  P.  Gaddis 

M.  J.  Gibbons 

R.  C.  Glass 

Dr.  Geo.  Goodhue 

G.  H.  Gorman 

L.  W.  Green 

Paul  Gruner 

J.  M.  Guild 

H.  T.  Guion 

Chas.  S.  Hall 

E.  C.  Harley  Co. 

Geo.  W.  Hartzell 

John  C.  Haswell 

J.  B.  Hayward 

R.  L.  Hubler 

Frank  T.  Huffman 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Torrence 

Huffman 
Sterrit  Hunter 

D.  W.  Iddings 
J.  H.  Imus 

L.  W.  James 

W.  P.  Jenkins 

L  E.  Jones 

S.  Rufus  Jones 

Johnston-Shelton  Co. 

C.  F.  Kettering 

W.  A.  Keyes 

E.  F.  Kimmel 

N.  W.  Kirkpatrick 
S.  M.  Krohn 
Krug  Baking  Co. 
,E.  M.  Kuhns 

1.  G.  Kumler 

Peter  Kuntz  Lumber  Co. 

H.  Sherman  Lane 

T.  A.  Legler 

Geo.  Light 

Louis  Lott 

J.  R.  Woodhull 


Loy,  Bunstine  &  Loy 
J.  M.  Markham 

E.  M.  Mendenhall 
Geo.  B.  McCann 

F.  D.  McDonald 
John  A.  McGee 

E.  E.  Niswonger 

No.  Dayton  Savings  Bank 

John  F.  Ohmer 

John  F.  Ohmer,  Jr. 

J.  A.  Oswald 

Frederick  B.  Patterson 

John  H.   Patterson 

Robt.  D.  Patterson 

S.  J.  Patterson  Estate 

Walter  Phelps 

J.  Elliot  Peirce 

A.  Plocher  Sons  Co. 

Z.  L.  Potter 

Prugh  &  Prugh 

Leopold  Rauh  Estate 

A.  H.  Reeder 

F.  H.  Rike 

G.  J.  Roberts  Co. 
E.  F.  Rybolt 

J.  E.  Sauer 
Adam  Schantz 
Schantz  Estate 
M.  J.  Schwab 
Walter  Shafor 
Geo.  G.  Shaw 

E.  L.  Shuey 

J.  W.  Siegfried 

C.  H.  Simms 

A.  A.  Simonds  &  Sons  Co. 

J.  C.  Spaite 

W.  F.  Stark 

Milton  C.  Stern 

Wm.  Stroop 

W.  W.  Sunderland 

H.  E.  Talbott,  Sr. 

Teutonia  Fire  Ins.  Co. 

Teutonia  National  Bank 

Louella  W.  Thomas 

H.  A.  Toulmin,  Jr. 

Louis  Traxler 

F.  A.  Wagner 
Westerfield  Pharmacal  Co. 
Houston  Lowe 

West  Side  Lumber  Co. 


In  Conclusion 


All  constructive  work  of  the  Bureau 
has  been  possible  because  of  the  cooper- 
ation of  public  officers,  to  whom  credit  is 
due  for  improvements  effected  within 
the  government,  and  to  whom  public 
recognition  of  this  cordial  spirit  of  cooper- 
ation is  given 

The  publicity  work  of  the  Bureau  has 
been  possible  primarily  because  of  the 
cooperation  of  the  daily  newspapers,  and 
the  interest  they  have  manifested  in  civic 
affairs. 


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